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Carved from walnut wood, he stands as if at the foot of the Cross, his right hand raised to his face, bent forward in a gesture of sorrow. With his left hand, he lifts a corner of his robe and holds the book of his emblematic Gospel. Hollow sculpture, the back filled with a piece of wood secured with old nails.
France, early 13th century.
Height: 117 cm - Width: 37 cm - Depth: 24 cm
(Formerly polychrome, damage, losses, restored elements)
– Collection of William P. Nelson (1859–1932) and his wife, née Elizabeth Cudahy (1867–1948), California
.– Collection of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art [Inv. No. 48.27.9], bequeathed by the above in 1948.
– Butterfields sale, 21 September 1983 [lot no. 3350G].
– Collection of Bruce Axt and Wendy Judge, New York
.– Sotheby’s, New York, 11 January 1994, lot no.
15.– Private collection, New York.
Our rare sculpture, emblematic of 13th-century France, is comparable to the one held at the Louvre Museum [Inv. No. RF 3338]. It certainly belonged to a Calvary group created around 1220–1230 and was no doubt originally placed on a rood beam at the entrance to the choir.